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05-18-2014, 03:31 PM
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Took out the hatches that cover the gas tank and flipped it over and took a saw set it to 1/2 inch cut a checker board pattern in it and took out the matting and the nasty wet wood underneath. I bet it must have weighed at least 80 to 100 lbs with all the wet wood down there. Finished with the grinder to the underneath skin on the floor ...what a PIA tomorrow will get the hatches done...
Pics to follow But now its time for the MIAMI HEAT GAME....GOOOOOO HEAT 
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#12
04-14-2015, 08:25 PM
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Filler question??????
I have not posted in a while and the project sat for way too long.
I went and bought 1/2 nida core to replace the wood in the floor and enough glass and resin to hopefully finish the floor. My original plan was to try and use the skins that I took off the deck but I see that is was not going to happen so I laid several layers of glass to build it up to where it was. But I need to apply some kind of filler to be able to get it even and smooth again. What would be the best filler to use? ?????????? After that I plan to pour a composite transom which has been ready to get done for 2 months.
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04-14-2015, 09:05 PM
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What's your resin system?
I used VE, fumed silica, milled glass and a load of glass balloons. I suspect you want to go easy on the milled fibers if you DIY a filler. Enough balloons and it gets pretty easy to sand. Not as easy as poly and balloons, but nothing like straight VE. I think Hermco had a 3M VE based putty that he liked- he posted about it once. I never tried my Merton's Hull and Deck Putty.
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#14
04-14-2015, 09:51 PM
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I used poly for the resin
Looked a little on the Fgic.com website where I bought all the materials and it looks like they have a compatible product that looks like it will work. Am going to call them in the morning. They also have the pourable transom in 5 gal buckets and it only involves 1 trip up
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04-18-2015, 12:30 PM
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Well I worked about an hour each day for the last 4 days since it is getting hot down here.
I have about 85% of the floor done and all that I need is to pickup the fairing supplies to finish. More fun sanding LOL I started measuring how high up I need to extend the transom and following some advise here I'm going up to 26 1/2. Going to use some of the skins that went un-used off the floor and glass them into the transom and have it ready to pour the transom sometime next week end. Boy am I having fun with grinders, sanders, glass and resin
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04-22-2016, 07:55 PM
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Back at it
Well it's been a while but I have been grinding and glassing every day for the last 10 days an hour or so when I get home. Almost to the point that I can think about the portable transom getting done. Still need a bit but I'm getting close. The floor is also about 90% done just another layer of mat and back to fairing and sanding.
Not many pics but I will start taking some in the next few days. It MAY turn out to be a 2017 model ....if you know what I mean...LOL
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#18
04-22-2016, 10:36 PM
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Stay with it... I have been hauling my sceptre around for 12 years and it has never touched the water... Sitting for 2018 completion...
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05-07-2016, 06:57 PM
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Some work done today.....more work yet to come
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05-08-2016, 08:40 AM
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Quote:
 Sorry man I just had to bring up the past....however its great to see you back getting itchy and dirty again.
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